Ashtavakra Gita

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त्वया व्याप्तमिदं विश्वं त्वयि प्रोतं यथार्थतः। शुद्धबुद्धस्वरुपस्त्वं मा गमः क्षुद्रचित्तताम्॥१-१६॥

sanskrit

You have pervaded this entire universe; really, you have pervaded it all. You are pure knowledge, don't get disheartened.

english translation

tvayA vyAptamidaM vizvaM tvayi protaM yathArthataH| zuddhabuddhasvarupastvaM mA gamaH kSudracittatAm||1-16||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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निरपेक्षो निर्विकारो निर्भरः शीतलाशयः। अगाधबुद्धिरक्षुब्धो भव चिन्मात्रवासन:॥१-१७॥

sanskrit

You are unconditioned and changeless, formless and immovable, unfathomable awareness and unperturbable, so hold to nothing but consciousness.

english translation

nirapekSo nirvikAro nirbharaH zItalAzayaH| agAdhabuddhirakSubdho bhava cinmAtravAsana:||1-17||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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साकारमनृतं विद्धि निराकारं तु निश्चलं। एतत्तत्त्वोपदेशेन न पुनर्भवसंभव:॥१-१८॥

sanskrit

Know that form is unreal and only the formless is permanent. Once you know this, you will not take birth again.

english translation

sAkAramanRtaM viddhi nirAkAraM tu nizcalaM| etattattvopadezena na punarbhavasaMbhava:||1-18||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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यथैवादर्शमध्यस्थे रूपेऽन्तः परितस्तु सः। तथैवाऽस्मिन् शरीरेऽन्तः परितः परमेश्वरः॥१-१९॥

sanskrit

Just as form exists inside a mirror and outside it, Supreme Self exists both within and outside the body.

english translation

yathaivAdarzamadhyasthe rUpe'ntaH paritastu saH| tathaivA'smin zarIre'ntaH paritaH paramezvaraH||1-19||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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एकं सर्वगतं व्योम बहिरन्तर्यथा घटे। नित्यं निरन्तरं ब्रह्म सर्वभूतगणे तथा॥१-२०॥

sanskrit

Just as the same space exists both inside and outside a jar, the eternal, continuous God exists in all.

english translation

ekaM sarvagataM vyoma bahirantaryathA ghaTe| nityaM nirantaraM brahma sarvabhUtagaNe tathA||1-20||

hk transliteration by Sanscript